K-2 Content Lead (Stipend; Internal Candidates)

Grow Public Schools • Kern County, CA

12d • $3,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The TK–2 Grade Level Content Lead is a site-based, stipended teacher leadership role designed to enhance instructional excellence in early elementary classrooms (TK–2). This role involves partnering with the Learning & Innovation team to foster collaborative planning, build instructional coherence, and ensure high-quality curriculum implementation. The Content Lead is crucial in advancing the vision of ensuring every second-grade scholar enters third grade as a fluent reader and strengthening the mathematics foundation to improve scholar performance. Through collaborative leadership and a focus on instructional quality, Content Leads aim to improve teacher practice and student outcomes.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of curriculum, instructional practices, and Science of Reading.
• Experience with data analysis and its application in instructional planning.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and support teachers in their professional growth.
• Commitment to fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of teaching experience in a classroom.
• Evidence of student growth on NWEA or Amira performance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in a leadership role or as a department lead is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engage and partner with fellow K-2 teachers to deepen curriculum content knowledge and pedagogical understanding.
• Facilitate weekly grade-level internalization, data meetings, and collaborative planning sessions focused on lesson preparation, instructional delivery, and student outcomes.
• Collaborate with Content Leads across both sites to align expectations, instructional practices, weekly quick checks, and curriculum implementation.
• Support the development of shared norms and instructional coherence across classrooms within and across grade levels.
• Coordinate alignment between network grade level leads around assessment and pacing for curriculum implementation.
• Serve as a thought partner to colleagues and site leaders in continuous improvement efforts for TK–2 instruction.
• Help identify, analyze, and respond to instructional needs through collaborative problem-solving and reflection cycles.
• Contribute to strengthening internalization structures that improve consistency, rigor, and student learning outcomes.
• Participate in quarterly instructional walks to analyze implementation trends and support continuous development.

Benefits

• $3,000/year stipend (paid in two installments: $1,500 December; $1,500 June)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level